Improvement in corset-exhibitors



` spBqFBRRIs. ,Corset-Exhibitor.

No.. 207,351; Patented'Aug. 27,1878.

:UNITE-D STATES neaknownthm; I, sHERwoon Bzrmms,

Improved Corset-Stand, of which theffollow-V sponding parts in all theiigures.

I or dummyV for displaying corsets yin show-.win-- properly'in shape forthe "display of their ex` heart-shaped, andthe lowernearly. circularonthe stem, and'may' be connected byadjust `able tapes,or'bynlnbrellalike frame-Work, so.

.around them. l

The letterA. in the drawingsreprsents the base-plate or foot ofthecorset-stand. .From the same projects an upright stem or shaft', B,

.placed two horizontal boards, Gand D. These boards'are placedbetweenpins .a 1), that pass through holes 4in the stemiB, and the`distance", i V between the boards 1G' D may consequently be variedatpleasure, in conformitywith thelength [of corset to be displayed. Fora shorter cor- 1 for alonger one, .and the st e'ln B isprovided -Witha.l series Votf holes, if necessary, fo'r-dii'er entz positions Of thepins'ab, to allowtheadjusts ment of the boards referred to; f The cuterends,

PATENT sHEnWoon B. r'En'nIs-, 'or niteonnn; NEWXORK.

-`|M PnovEMnNail-NCoRsET-EXHfil-rons.

` 'Specimon @ff-ing Pm Ofet'fs Ptntno; eomsndatdagst 27, 181sapplication nica l January 21, 187g Tc all whom it may concern.'V

of the city of Brooklyn, county oifKings, and State oi N ew York, haveinvented a new and ing is a specication :V v

. In the annexed'. drawings, forming part of this specification, Figurelis afront elevation partly in section, of my improved corset-stand'.Fig. 2v .is `a top view of thesame.' Fig. 3 is `a front elevation of ainediti-cation ofthe same, and Fig. 4 atop view of the modified stand;

Similar letters of reference indicate'. corre- 'lhis invention relatesto a neWjcorset-form (lows and other places, and forlioldingethenn,

act outline and `eonstruction. i

The stand `s composed fof' a central'stem, upon which are placedtWojboards-the upper form. These, boards are vertically 'adjustable astogive body to the corset Whichis placed The invention also consists-infurther {details of improvement, hereinafter morefully set which extendsthrough, and-vupon whichV are.

set the' boards are brought closer togetherthan of theseitwo boards C Dmay be connected by tapes d il-,.each` tape being loose at one end, sothat it .may be .stretched after the corset is applied, to cause ittobear against the inner side of the corset; or a framc-v'vork, c,constructed of--umbrella-like ribs and braces,`or cqugaleut devices, maybe placed between the boards rC D, s o .that when stretched orA spreadltderallyy ftrame-Work ewill bear against the inner side c .thejeorsetthat is .placed Varound vthe impart toit the requisite fullness. Y

4'.llhfe corset. is placed around the tivo boards in manner' clearlyindicated inthe drawing,

the upper board being heart-shaped to litt-he' boso1n=gores, and thelower being cfa flattened` feircularfforrn, torgie tire'desired'tline'to the 'lowerpart of the corset. '."lhe tapes, when stretched,vorthe frame-Werke, when extended,

Will', Vby bearing againstthe inner 'side of the corset," give .fullnesstothe same..,

Aheriz'o n'tal -ar1nf,' to another'Stinf,jE,. and the'. same stem-'Emay, by this arrangement, be:

madeto carry three or. cated in Figs.` ,3 and14.

One .'stemgB, may, if ,deb-Tired, carry incre -than olie' set of"'boardsC D, soias to display,

, tivo or morejcorsets, one'above'the shown and described. 2. .The.combination of the boa central stein B with the innerdiste' or frame,described.

1;, The. corset-'stand comp osedfofl the centrall stem, B, and ot'the'boards G D,`s'h'aped to con lforni to the corset, substantial-1y asherein .eepesf substantially as herein shawn and

